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n
1 [C]
(a) institution for educating children 学校
*`primary and `secondary schools 小学和中学
* `Sunday schools 主日学校
* attend a good school 上一所好学校
* the use of computers in schools 学校中计算机的使用
* [attrib 作定语] a school bus, building, report 校车、校舍、学生成绩报告单.
(b) institution for teaching a particular subject 专科学校
*`art school 艺术学校
* secre`tarial school 秘书专科学校.
2 [C] (US) college or university 学院; 大学
*famous schools like Yale and Harvard 像耶鲁、哈佛这样的着名大学.
3 [U] (used without the 不与冠词the连用)
(a) process of being educated in a school1(1a) 上学
*I hate school! 我讨厌上学!
* two more years of school 再上两年学
* old enough for/to go to school 到了上学年龄
* the school-`leaving age, ie the age until which children must attend school 中学毕业的年龄
* Are you still at school? 你还在上学吗?
* He left school when he was sixteen. 他十六岁时中学毕业了.
(b) time when teaching is done in a school; lessons 上课时间; 上课
*meet friends before school 上课前会见朋友
* School begins at
9 am. 上午9点钟上课.
* There will be no school (ie no lessons) tomorrow. 明天不上课.
* Will you come for a walk after school? 放学後你愿意来散散步吗? =>Usage 见所附用法.
4 the school [sing] all the pupils or all the pupils and teachers in a school 全校学生; 全校师生
*The head teacher told the school at assembly. 校长在全校学生大会上讲话.
* Soon, the whole school knew about her win. 不久, 全校师生都知道她获胜了.
5 [C] department of a university concerned with a particular branch of study 大学的院、系
*the `law, `medical, `history school 法学院、医学院、历史系
* the School of `Dentistry 牙医学系.
6 [C] course, usu for adults, on a particular subject 专门学科课程（通常指为成人设的）
*a `summer school for music lovers 音乐爱好者暑期班.
7 [C usu sing 通常作单数] (infml 口) experience or activity that provides discipline or instruction 锻炼; 磨炼
*the hard school of adversity 逆境的磨炼.
8 [C] group of writers, thinkers, etc sharing the same principles or methods, or of artists having a similar style 学派; 流派
*the Dutch, Venetian, etc school of painting 荷兰、威尼斯等绘画流派
* the Hegelian school, ie of philosophers influenced by Hegel 黑格尔学派.
9 [C] group of card-players, gamblers, etc 一伙玩纸牌的人、赌徒等
*a `poker school 一伙打扑克的人.
10 (idm 习语) one of the old school => old. a school of `thought group of people with similar views 有类似观点的一批人; 学派
*I don't belong to the school of thought that favours radical change. 我不属于激进派. teach school => teach.

v [Tn, Tn.pr, Cn.t] ~ sb/sth (in sth) train, discipline or control sb/oneself/an animal 训练、磨练或控制某人[自己/动物]
*school a horse 训练马
* school oneself in patience/to be patient 培养自己的忍耐力
* a child who is well-schooled in good manners 有教养懂礼貌的孩子. schooling n [U] education 教育
*He had very little schooling. 他没受过什么教育.
* Who's paying for her schooling? 谁在供她读书?

NOTE ON USAGE
*When a school, hospital, etc is being referred to as an institution, we do not use the definite article after a preposition 当school、hospital等词指机构时, 在介词後不加定冠词
*She went to school/university/college in York. 她在约克上学.
* He's coming out of hospital on Friday. 他星期五要出院了.
* She's been sent to prison for a year. 她入狱已经一年了. When we are talking about the place as a building, the definite article is used 这类词若用以指建筑物所在地, 前面就要加定冠词
*We went to the school to discuss our daughter's progress. 我们去学校谈谈女儿的进步情况.
* I saw her coming out of the hospital/the church. 我看见她从医院[教堂]出来.

/sku:l; skul/
n large number of fish, whales, etc swimming together; shoal （鱼、鲸等的）群.